Necktie-holder.



Patented Apr. 2, i901'.

l. STEINAU.

NECKTIE HOLDER.

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ISAAC STEINAU, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

NECKTlE-HOLDERY.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 671,243, dated April 21901.

Application iiled December 26,-19

T0 all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, ISAAC STEINAU, a citi- Zen of the United States, anda resident of the city of New York, borough of Manhattan, in the countyand State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Necktie-Holder,of which the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription.

One purpose of the invention is to provide 00. Serial No. 41,059.

a necktie-holder adapted to be applied to the back portion of a collarand straddle the back collar-button and which will be held in positionby frictional engagement with the collar, the fastener being soconstructed that the band of the necktie placed in contact with theouter face of the fastener will be held against lateral and verticalmovement.

A further purpose of the invention is to so construct the device thatwhen the collar is removed the device will remain on the collar and inlocking engagement with the neckband of the tie.

The invention consists in the novel construction and combination of theseveral parts, as will be hereinafter fully set forth, and pointed outin the claim.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar characters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a collar viewed from the rear,illustrating the device applied to the collar and the neckband of a tieheld to the collar by the device. Fig. 2 is a detail perspective view ofthe device, the cap being open. Fig. 3 is a vertical section through thecollar, the device, and neckband,l

the cap being open; and Fig. 4t is a section similar to Fig. 3, the capbeing shown closed and in engagement with the neckband of the tie.

A represents a collar, B the improved fas tener, and C the neckband of atie held in position on the'collar by means of the improved device. Thedevice consists of an arched body l0, provided at the upper centralportion of its connecting member with an extension 11, and in saidconnecting member of the arched body at the center of said member anaperture 12 is produced. The legs of the arched body lO are bent up atthe back of the said body, forming members 13, parallel with the rearfaces of said legs, and

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the lower edge of the collar A is to be received in the spaces betweenthe upturned portions 13 of the legs of the body and the main portion ofthe body. A pivoted and spring-controlled cap 14 is carried by the eX-tension 11 of the body, and this cap is provided with a pin or spur 15,which when the cap is closed down on the outer face of the body willenter the aperture 12 in the body, as shown in Fig. 4.

In operation, as stated, the collar is received between the upturnedmembers 13 of the body and its main por-tion, the legs of the archedbody 10 being at each side of the bu ttonhole in the collar. The cap 14is in an upper position when the cap is applied to the collar, and theneckband C of the necktie is placed in engagement with the outer face ofthe body 10 of the device, whereupon the cap 14 is closed down and thepin or spur 15 will pass through the neekband of the tie and will enterthe aperture 12 in the body of the device, as shown in Fig. 4t.

When the improved device is applied to a collar, it is evident that theneckband of a tie cannot move vertically or endwise and that the collarmay be unbuttoned and removed from the shirt without disturbing thedevice or the neckband of the tie, the device remaining on the collarand the neckband secured to the device.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire t-o secureby Letters Patent- As a new article of manufacture, a necktiel holder,consisting of an arched body adapted to straddle a buttonhole of acollar and having its legs bent rearwardly and upwardly, and providedwith an aperture in the center of its connecting portion, and aspring-controlled cap pivoted to the top of the central connectingportion of the arched body and provided with a pin or spur adapted toenter the said aperture when the cap is closed, as set forth.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of loo two subscribing witn esses.

' IsAAc, sTEINAU.

Witnesses.

J. FRED. AOKER, JNO. M. RITTER.

